Background
Roosen, Donald Collett Van was born on August 11, 1923 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Hugo and Ellen Margaret (Halck) Van Roosen.
Chemical equipment company executive
Roosen, Donald Collett Van was born on August 11, 1923 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Hugo and Ellen Margaret (Halck) Van Roosen.
Bachelor, Harvard University, 1949.
District manager, Hercules Gasket & Rubber Company, Buffalo, 1953-1956; division manager, director market research, Gaulin Corporation, Everett, Massachusetts, 1956-1970; director marketing, Columbia Precision Corporation, Wilmington, Massachusetts, 1971-1973; director international marketing, Applicon, Inc., Burlington, Massachusetts, 1973-1975; division manager, Comstock & Wescott, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1975-1977; partner, Group IV Capital Investments, Inc., Burlington, 1980-1982; vice president marketing, Silane Corporation, Ashland, Massachusetts, 1982-1988; director marketing, homogenizer division, Union Pump Company, North Andover, Massachusetts, since 1989. Member Hydraulic Institute, New York City, 1956-1970.
President Minuteman council Boy Scouts American, Stoneham, Massachusetts, 1970-1975, vice president New England area Boy Scouts American, Boston, since 1983, member Northeast Regional Committee. Member allocations committee United Way of Massachusetts Bay, Boston, since 1984. Served with United States Army, 1943-1945, European Theatre of Operations.
Member American Institute Chemical Engineers (reciprocating pump specification committee 1965-1970), American Management Association (director program 1968-1970), National Order Battlefield Communications, Harvard Club, Appalachian Mountain Club, Pi-Eta Speakers Club.
Married Nancy Johnston Crough, June 10, 1950 (divorced November 1980). Children: Christine, Laurie Ellen, Hugh. Married Marcia Hunnefield, October 17, 1982.